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Lars Hedegård is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Borås, affiliated with the Department of Business Administration and Textile Management within the Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business. He has been employed at the university since 2009, serving in roles such as Director of Studies and Programme Coordinator. Since 2017, he has been the Programme Director for the Bachelor's Programme in Textile Management (specialization in Fashion and Retail).
- Education:
- Doctoral thesis defended in 2023: Performing second-hand retail: organizing the material re-circulation of goods
His research focuses on second-hand retail, material recycling, and sustainability, employing theoretical frameworks like Actor-Network Theory and Practice Theory. Key projects include ethnographic studies of ReTuna recycling mall operations in Eskilstuna. He contributes to research groups such as the Retail Research Group and Textile Value Chain Management.
He supervises doctoral student Josefine Nystrom and has engaged in initiatives like clothing rental, charity, and certification/labeling for sustainable fashion consumption.
